Ms Kelly Chan Ka Yu, a current student in the English & Education Double Degree program, completed the SUSI Madeleine K. Albright Young Women Leaders Program and shared her wonderful experience! In 2023 summer, I was fortunate enough to be one of the 80+ participants of the Study of the U.S. Institutes (SUSI) Madeleine K….
To the Wonderful Days at Olomouc
To the Wonderful Days at Olomouc Kaixin Zhao (PhD Student, ENG, HKBU) 15 July 2023 Olomouc is a small town. It is, in fact, the sixth largest city in Czechia, but for a PhD student cramped up in the bustle of Hong Kong, the space that Olomouc offered was one of mental liberation. It is…
CONGRATULATIONS to Dr Benedict Rowlett, Dr Johnathan Harrington, Dr Angela He, and Dr Winnie Chor on being awarded the General Research Fund (GRF) for the year 2023/2024!
Dr Benedict Rowlett’s Project: “Communicating citizenship in Hong Kong: A critical discourse study of letters to the editor” Dr Johnathan Harrington’s Project: “Board Game Production in Hong Kong: Multimethod research on design, communities and outreach” Dr Angela He’s Project: “The role of sleep in learning words and rules in early childhood” Dr Winnie Chor’s Project:…
“PANGS OF THINGS THAT HAVE PASSED—BRIAN SZE-HANG KWOK’S 𝐹𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑁𝑒𝑜𝑛 𝐿𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑠: 𝐴𝑛 𝐴𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐻𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝐾𝑜𝑛𝑔’𝑠 𝑉𝑖𝑠𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝐶𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒” A REVIEW on CHA BY Prof. LIAN-HEE WEE
Prof Lian-Hee Wee has recently reviewed Brian Sze-hang Kwok, Fading Neon Lights: An Archive of Hong Kong’s Visual Culture on CHA! [REVIEW] “Pangs of Things That Have Passed—Brian Sze-hang Kwok’s 𝐹𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑁𝑒𝑜𝑛 𝐿𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑠: 𝐴𝑛 𝐴𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐻𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝐾𝑜𝑛𝑔’𝑠 𝑉𝑖𝑠𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝐶𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒” by Lian-Hee Wee
CONGRATULATIONS to Dr. Rowlett Benedict John Lewis for being awarded the Faculty/School Performance Award – Research Supervision
Dr. Benedict Rowlett has been productive in his PhD supervision and recruitment in the academic year 2021-22. He has supervised two HKBU doctoral students and co-supervised an HKU student. One HKBU student and the HKU student, both in their second year, have completed their fieldwork in Mainland China and Cambodia respectively. The HKBU student presented…
CONGRATULATIONS to Dr. Lee Jason Eng Hun for being awarded the Faculty/School Performance Award – Individual Teaching
An effective and versatile teacher, Dr. Jason Eng Hun Lee’s emphasis on student-oriented collaboration and creative-led pedagogy helps to foster a learning environment that is both engaging and knowledge-based. Besides his strong reputation for quality pastoral care and supervision to students for MA and PhD studies, Dr. Lee has an impressive track record of connecting…
SUM Wai Li Gloria won the “Best non-ENGL Presentation” award
based on a paper presentation, “A comparison of pre-service and in-service teachers’ attitudes to language and gender issues in Hong Kong schools,” she gave at the PolyU-CALLS 2023 conference. Abstract of the Paper: Even with the increasing awareness of gender issues in Hong Kong, gender studies is still not included in teacher training programmes, especially when…
CHAN Ka Yu, Kelly joining the Study of the U.S. Institutes for Young Women Leaders (SUSIs) on Public Policy, Summer 2023
CHAN Ka Yu, Kelly has been selected to join the Study of the U.S. Institutes for Young Women Leaders (SUSIs) on Public Policy, Summer 2023. During her academic residency, Kelly will examine topics including, but not limited to, women in public service, the roles of government, private sector, civil society, and media in the policymaking…
Dr. Emily Chow-Quesada releases a documentary on Black women artists in Hong Kong
This documentary is about black female artists in Hong Kong, especially their empowerment and self-representations. In Hong Kong, where blackness is very much defined by biased mediatic representations, this documentary lets the interviewees speak to the general public directly. https://echo-hk.net/
Prof. Lian-Hee Wee awarded The Blue Sky Research Fund 2021/22
Professor Wee proposed to study Hong Kong graffiti, an area that is hitherto untouched by the rigours of academe studies. Modern Hong Kong graffiti is clearly inspired by the west in terms of techniques and style. However, the messages they contain, and how the messages are encoded appear to take on a very grammar that is Hong…
“I Was Always Liminal: An Interview With Xu Xi” by Amba Tyrie
Editor’s note: This interview took place in 2021. Amba Tyrie (Amba): Is your book entitled The Unwalled City related to Kowloon Walled City? Xu Xi: Yes, I borrowed the title from the idea of the Walled City, as I grew up when the Walled City was still around—so the idea of ‘unwalling’ was the way…
“An Intellectual Exchange: A Review of 𝐸𝑑𝑜 𝐽𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑛 𝐸𝑛𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑” by James Kin Pong Au
Donald Keene and Shiba Ryōtarō (authors), Tony Gonzalez (translator), Edo Japan Encounters the World: Conversations Between Donald Keene and Shiba Ryotaro, Japan Library, 2018. 137 pgs. Editor’s note: This review is cross-posted on Cha: An Asian Literary Journal. I remember when I was pursuing a Master’s in Japanese literature in London, my teacher in the first…
“Wet, Dry, Wet” by Abel Han Song
I discovered a theory of life while making chow mein. Mix the flour and water and let the dough rest. Pull the dough and the dough also sticks you. Boil the noodles and then fry with beef and vegetable. We always turn the dry things into wet, and wet things into dry. I am a…
“Representing AIDS in China” by Serene Ng Yeuk Shu
The HP Series showcases excerpts from excellent Honours Projects by students from the Department of English Language and Literature. [Read all entries here.] Supervisor: Dr Ruth Y. Y. Hung “Not now! No one’s around to take pictures. Next week, we’ll book our best photographer: If every plasma station’s being shut down, a head must roll… This…
Poetry Speaks: Cheng Tim Tim’s Selections—Reading Felix Chow, Reading Hong Kong
Connecting the Dots I never knew English poetry could look like this, something so close to daily life. I invite you to read the poem below aloud, which contains the sounds from many Hongkongers’ teenage years: So MKby Felix Chow They sat on mallside bannisterssmoking IQOS. Screaming spring.Contact-covered eyes behinda greasy, fringy frame. Bright-haired street…
Poetry Speaks: Nicole Chui’s Selection
On Timeby Faye New York is 3 hours ahead of California,but it does not make California slow.Someone graduated at the age of 22,but waited 5 years before securing a good job!Someone became a CEO at 25,and died at 50.While another became a CEO at 50,and lived to 90 years.Someone is still single,while someone else got…
Poetry Speaks: James Au’s Selection
題西林壁Written on the Wall at West Forest Temple (1084) 橫看成嶺側成峯，It’s a range viewed in face and peaks viewed from the side, 遠近高低各不同。Assuming different shapes viewed from far and wide. 不識廬山真面目，Of Mountain Lu we cannot make out the true face, 只緣身在此山中。For we are lost in the heart of the very place[1]. These days the poem of…
Announcement: Tammy Lai-Ming Ho Named Visiting Scholar at the University of St Andrews
Dr Tammy Lai-Ming Ho (何麗明) has been named Visiting Scholar at the University of St Andrews, the third-oldest university in the English-speaking world. She will be working with Professor Gregory Lee, Founding Professor and Head of the Department of Chinese Studies at the university, on the research project “A Cultural History of the People’s Republic…
Department of English, Hong Kong Baptist University 